Snake Pits, Talking Cures & Magic Bullets: A History of Mental Illness cover

Snake Pits, Talking Cures & Magic Bullets: A History of Mental Illness

Author: Kent, Deborah

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 9.7
Points 6.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 31382
Points per Word 0.000191
Page Count 160
Points per Page 0.0375

Description

This book looks at how the mentally ill have been treated throughout history, focusing on advances made in the 19th and 20th centuries regarding mental hospitals, medications, and social acceptance.